Промене у коришћењу јавних и приватних простора у Београду током пандемије Covid-19

his paper presents the specifics of financing the defence expenditure and spending during the COVID-19 pandemic. The allocations for the defence system of fifteen countries in the world and five European countries that have invested the greatest funds are presented. Furthermore, the share of all categories of sources of financing the expenditure and spending of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia has been analysed. The objective of this paper is to emphasise the importance of providing financial resources for certain purposes and in the conditions of insufficient resources, by defining the defence function as a very important function with a high level of priority. Accordingly, the main hypothesis is that even the most developed countries in the world cannot allocate sufficient financial resources for defence. In the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, as a global challenge to the security of all countries in the world, the main hypothesis has been confirmed. paper pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global security risk and threat, and 2020 has been taken for consideration and analysis of defence expenditure in state budgets. Thus, the readiness of states and defence forces to resist security challenges and threats has been presented. Moreover, fifteen countries that allocated the greatest funds for defence in 2020 have been presented. China is the only country that has positive growth of gross domestic product in the considered year and at the same time the highest percentage of allocations from GDP for defence. The five European countries that allocated the most for defence have also been presented, as well as the ratio of total allocations for defence in Europe and the United States.